12 Musicians You Didn't Realise Have Truly Bizarre Alter Egos

3. Britney Spears Predicts Her Own Mental Breakdown As Mona Lisa

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_2potf7rWjo In an interview on MTV's TRL, Britney Spears explained the simple need for her alter ego, Mona Lisa: she gives Spears an excuse to act like a complete a-hole and not feel the shame that should come with those actions.

"Whenever I feel like being mean...it's kind of easier to be called Mona Lisa."

The alter ego had her own eponymous song in 2005, which eerily predicted Spears' real-life meltdown two years later. The lyrics depicted how the "unpredictable" pop star suddenly fell from grace. And then there's the last verse:

Now, see, everyone's watching as she starts to fall They want her to break down There will be a legend of her fall...

A couple years later, of course, Spears went to rehab, shaved her head, lost custody of her children, and became more legendary for her public breakdown than for her music. So... kind of nailed it, there.